GUWAHATI: The nexus between government officials and transport contractors has deprived the poor in at least two tribal hill districts of Manipur of rice under a Prime Minister’s scheme for months, a people’s rights group has told Manipur Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren Singh.
The Movement for People’s Rights Forum, Manipur (MPRFM) on May 17 sought the Chief Minister’s intervention against the “unlawful conduct” of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution officials and a few contractors for paralysing the monthly rice distribution system under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) to hundreds of beneficiaries across the hills of the ethnic violence-scarred State.
The districts worst affected are Noney and Tamenglong, the forum said.
